Extending the features of the previous version, the Olympus Studio 1.2 software facilitates enhanced digital workflow for Olympus E-System users. Advanced RAW photo finishing options and extra camera control functions have been added. And best of all, as well as Olympus E-1 photographers, owners of the eight Megapixel Olympus E-300 can now also benefit from the professional features this software provides. In addition to the established highlights such as the virtual light box, batch editing and online camera firmware upgrades, this software gives professional photographers even more power to provide a boost to their digital workflow. Firstly, RAW photo finishing has been improved to enable more rapid response.

As digital cameras have become more prevalent, powerful and easier to use, the number of photos and videos shot, along with storage requirements, has grown continuously. It's becoming increasingly easy to get lost under the sheer volume of newly-created and archived files, if not managed correctly. With Olympus Master 1.0, file organisation becomes child's play. This new software also puts useful features such as various editing functions, multiple viewing options and online camera firmware updates at the user's fingertips. Its intuitive graphical interface ensures easy handling and painlessly guides even novices through its extensive functionality. It also offers a host of innovative additional capabilities such as movie editing.

Olympus Studio, an extended version of the Olympus Viewer software which comes bundled with the Olympus E-1 camera, is now available in a new version. This latest release not only makes processing RAW image files faster, it also enables the online upgrading of the camera's firmware. Both the Olympus Studio and Olympus Viewer software, which were developed especially for use with the Olympus E-System camera, feature a number of functions useful in the day-to-day working routine of the professional photographer. One of the highlights is the virtual light box, which works very much like the standard light box used with film. The key difference is that after the photos have been checked, coloured sort marks may be applied.